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| CSM Number : 47 | |||
| Short name: | The Devil who Appeared in the Shape of Three Beasts | Alternative: | Devil in Three Beast-Shapes |
| Incipit: | Virgen Santa Maria/ guarda-nos se te praz | ||
| Refrain: | Virgen Santa Maria/ guarda-nos se te praz/ da gran sabedoria/ que eno demo jaz. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | unspecified | Protagonist(s): | a drunken monk |
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A monk observed all the rules of his order. Once, however, he went to the cellar and consumed so much wine that he became very drunk. He tried to leave the cellar and go to the church, but the devil, in the shape of a bull, attempted to gore him. The monk called on the Virgin, who scared the bull away. The devil then appeared to the monk in the form of a tall, thin, shaggy, black man. The monk called on the Virgin, who scared the man away. The monk went into the church where the devil appeared to him in the form of a lion. The Virgin hit the lion with a stick and chased it away. She then consoled the monk and advised him to behave better in future. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 13 13 13 13 | Refrain: | 6' 6 6' 6 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 8 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | ABAB | cccb | Zejel: | Yes |
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| T47, E47, To61 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| Alter amore piae monachus cenobita Mariae Fervebat (66) | |||
| Keywords | |||
| apparition, bull, devils, drunk, impersonation, lion, monks, soul, wildman, wine | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| Miracle | Collection | ||
| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Pez |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Thott (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 128) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Phillips (Chicago, University of Chicago, Phillipps MS 25142) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Gil de Zamora (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 9503) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Lisbon Mariale (Lisbon, B.N., MS Alcobacense 149) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | John of Garland |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Gonzalo de Berceo |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Gautier de Coinci |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | William of Malmesbury |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Adgar (London, BL, Egerton 612) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Nigel of Canterbury (London, BL, MS Cotton Vespasian D.xix) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Mariale Magnum (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale lat 3177) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Bartholomew of Trent (University of Bologna, Codice 1794) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Johannes Herolt |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Li Miracoli de Senta Maria |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | Anglo-Norman Miracles of the Virgin (London, BL, Royal 20 B XIV, fols 102v-169) |
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| Devil in Three Beast-Shapes | BL Mariale 1 (Cotton Cleopatra C.x., ff. 101-144v) |
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| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3764 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| La notación mensural de la música monódica de la corte española del siglo XIII ofrece soluciones nuevas, hasta hoy totalmente desconocidas, para la interpretación estético-rítmica de las melodías de los trovadores Anglés, Higinio | |||
| Contributo allo studio della letteratura miracolistica Bertolucci Pizzorusso, Valeria | |||
| Mecanismos de envolvimento da instância autoral nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Bittencourt, Vanda de Oliveira | |||
| Another Aspect of the Virgin Mary in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Davis, Jr, William Richard | |||
| Sources of the Cantigas of Alfonso el Sabio [AC] Dexter, Elise Forsythe | |||
| Reflexiones sobre las “Cantigas de Santa María” y su relación con otros mariales romances Fidalgo Francisco, Elvira | |||
| Las Cantigas de Santa Maria Filgueira Valverde, José | |||
| Cincuenta leyendas por Gil de Zamora, combinadas con las Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Fita, Fidel | |||
| Los alejandrinos de Alfonso X Hanssen, Friedrich | |||
| Alfonso X el Sabio, un rey ’cantigueiro’ Llorens Cistero, José María | |||
| El ’omee mui feo’: ¿primera aparición de la figura del salvaje en la iconografía española? Madrigal, José Antonio | |||
| Osservazioni sulle Cantigas di Alfonso X e sui Miracles di Gautier de Coincy Marullo, Teresa | |||
| Recordings of Las [sic] Cantigas de Santa Maria Contained in the Facsimile Edition Published by Edilán (Madrid 1979) Tinnell, Roger D. | |||